In article <4cgrsc$im4 at dragonfly.wri.com>,
Hans Steffani <hans.steffani at e-technik.tu-chemnitz.de> wrote:
>w={{1,2,3},{4,5,6},{7,8,9}}
>npos={2,1}
>
>npos is the position of the element I need.
>
>w[[npos]]
>
>does not work, as it returns the second and the first
>line.
This same question came up a couple of weeks ago. You want
to use:
w[[Sequence @@ npos]]
Sequence is an undocumented function that obliterates the head
of whatever it is applied to. In this case, it obliterates the
List wrapper, leaving a sequence of two integers.
Dave Wagner
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